Your “Random Thoughts with BFC, Volume 27” Tuesday Night Open Thread

Remember that old SNL sketch “Fecal Matter with your host John Fecal”? No? Yeah I figured it was just me. It was a solid (heh) talk show format with a specialized host and topic. Well, we ain’t exactly doing Pod Flies Open around here, but what about in written form, maybe say like a mix between John Fecal, Jack HandeyBalls’ 25 questions, Rev’s take on Larry King, and I don’t know, my own fucked up mind? With that backdrop I present to you the twenty-seventh edition of a potentially sporadically recurring irregularly scheduled Random Thoughts with BFC! Now also (occasionally) in open thread form! If you want to make this interactive, drop a note/question/bon mot in the comments ala my old Mouth Flies Open  attempt at an advice column.

  • Rev is off tonight. Hmmm, the Bills won in a rout, too, so…..two day hangover? Or maybe he’s out curing heretics. Either way, you’re stuck with me.
  • Fuuuuuuuck Eberflus. Time for him and Getsy to get shitcanned. That is the consensus position of all Bears fans. You suck at coaching all year, call a terrible game, and then throw your QB under the bus? Get the fuck out of here.
  • I was thinking a little bit about expiration dates and stereotypes around them as I was staring at a bottle of sweet chili sauce that I couldn’t find a date on. I started to wonder to myself if, for example, Asian sauces are safer since their target demo is less likely to throw away an item no matter the date on it.
  • Is that racist?
  • I fucking love bowling. Unapologetically. My parents were in a bowling league together when they were dating, but I’d like to think that even if they weren’t, they still would have taught me the proper etiquette of the game. Like don’t approach when the player in the next lane is up. Don’t try and be up when the pinsetter is still working. Don’t be a total and utter douchebag at all times. At this point I might settle for keep your personage on your side of the lane/couch/floorboards or I will go JJ Fozz on you and rip off your head to shit down your throat.
  • Woosah.
  • Who wants some feline related nightmare fuel? Here’s some feline related nightmare fuel:

  • I am unironically enjoying the new David Spade hosted game show Snake Oil. Could I make it better with wittier banter and old timey vernacular? Absolutely. Is it still also enjoyable as is. Yes. Am I embarrassed that I’m enjoying it? Also yes.
  • Look otters are still evil, but this is pretty awesome.
  • Obviously, this week is Thanksgiving week, which means half assedly working/punting things to December (and maybe vaguely hoping to January) and dealing with family. Just remember what my mom always told me–family is like fish, both start to stink after a few days.
  • Ok, let’s close out this portion with the fill in the blank. “Sure, the Kelces and the Swifts got their skybox meet the parents moment postponed, but that’s nothing compared to when my in-laws ____________.”
  • (Should I not let Fozz answer this one?)

What’s on TV Tonight?

College Football (On a Tuesday? Is it bowl/bowel season already?)

Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 6pm DFO time on ESPNU
Eastern Michigan at Buffalo, 6:30pm DFO time on ESPN2

NBA

Cavs at Sixers , 6:30pm DFO time on TNT
Jazz at Lakers, 9pm DFO time on TNT

Minor League College Basketball

Vols at Boilermakers, 7pm DFO time on ESPN
Jayhawks at Golden Eagles, 9:30pm DFO time on ESPN

Lots of other games on ESPNU and regional broadcasts, take a page from Aaron Rodgers and DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Oh, and same for the women’s game, Big Twelve Network, ESPN+, etc have lots of matchups if you’re looking for roundball tonight.

That’s all for me, folks, tip your waiters/try the veal/try not to commit patri/matri/fratricide this week. TO THE COMMENTS!

 

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BFC is a Chicago native transplanted to our nation's capital and transplanted again to the mountain West, then to SoCal, then back to the mountain West, and then again back to our nation's capital. He enjoys football, whisky, and the oxford comma.
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Brick Meathook

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Brick Meathook

5:00AM. Hawthorne CA. Waiting for the Costco gas station to open. Costs five times as much as electric, but one tenth the time. Went to the 24-hour pharmacy earlier and picked up my dope. Freeways are empty. Driving is fun.

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Brick Meathook

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SonOfSpam

Is that when Goose hit his head and died?

RIP Goose

ballsofsteelandfury

Holy shit this México – Honduras game!

WCS
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
SonOfSpam

MARCIA MARCIA MARCIA

2Pack

No bad in law stories. They used to joke that they liked me better than their daughter.

I am certainly ready to get up and fully half assed this day. Jeans and no tie serious people.

King Hippo

To be FARE, you likely took waaaayyyyy fewer years off their life as a teenager than she did.

Also, I wore jeans for a few hours today, It is now as formal as I ever get, God help me if I get roped into attending a funeral in the future. Guess I could just audibly belch and fart, so folks will just assume I’m a hobo who wanted out of the rain.

SonOfSpam

I am pretty sure my last below-the-knee attire was sweats one day in maybe January?

Dunstan

Time for my annual viewing of the WKRP “Turkeys Away” episode!

ballsofsteelandfury

A Thanksgiving tradition like no other!

Where do you watch it?

2Pack

Utube has it.

Dunstan

Amazon Prime. I just bought that single episode a few years ago.

For a complete guide on where to watch it, and how to get all of the original music, Bill Scher has you covered.

SonOfSpam

Internet Archive for free? Done and/or done!

Gumbygirl

Gumby has the tshirt!

Dunstan

So do I — I’m wearing it on Thursday

Gumbygirl

He is too.

Redshirt

Somehow, it looks like Bengals @ Jaguars isn’t being flexed out of Monday Night Football. I wonder if one quarter of the Manningcast will be Payton and Eli reenacting the “Its not your fault” scene to Joe Burrow. Either that or Carson Palmer laughing his ass off and trash talking the Bengals and Brown family. That’ll be fun.

WCS

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Carson and Joe meet (artist’s conception)

SonOfSpam

“Sure, the Kelces and the Swifts got their skybox meet the parents moment postponed, but that’s nothing compared to when my in-laws ____________.”

Pass on.

Seriously, I’ve been to like several in-law funerals, and I only get so much weekend time.

SonOfSpam

Yes. Time is a flat circle, ringed with dead in-laws.

Redshirt

…or a To-Do List.

Gumbygirl

My FIL died last year on Christmas day. That put a damper on the festivities. Gumby and I are orphans. I still have one very old nun aunt, he has a couple. It’s weird being the olds.

SonOfSpam

Yeah, getting on in years has many downsides and, from what I can tell, zero upsides.

Gumbygirl

I don’t know, the best thing about getting old is giving zero fucks about what anyone else thinks or does. I’m kind of enjoying the selfishness, not gonna lie!

SonOfSpam

That’s some good bright-siding!

Gumbygirl

I’m a hopeful dopefiend!

Doktor Zymm

I’m always first at the lifeboat drills. I’m all for leaving the slowpokes behind, not gonna hang around

Brick Meathook

I just made a cheese and crackers snack. It was deluxe aged cheddar and the same kind of Triscuits that Queen Elizabeth II used to eat. I don’t want to sound better than anyone but the facts speak for themselves here.

scotchnaut

/takes bite of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite Triscuit

“It’s much more Corgi-forward than I thought it would be!”

Don T

Triscuit has the texture of the Queen Mother’s hands, present day.

Gumbygirl

I always choke on them. It’s like eating shredded bamboo.

Game Time Decision

Loves me some Triscuts

Doktor Zymm

I just saw a cheese advent calendar. I’ve already got a scotch advent calendar for this year though, probably not gonna see if they pair well

BugEyedBoo

I got a cheese Advent calendar from Aldi. It didn’t make it to December. What I ate was merely okay.

Game Time Decision

I’ve got another beer advent calendar. Prob not finishing it till spring as I’m not much of a drinker

blaxabbath

I’m enjoying Moana here and everything but, you know, when you get to make up like 60% of the words in the songs…it’s hard to rate this soundtrack against the Disney greats.

– Sports Commentators on watching Moana at home

Don T

Just play the hits, artsy farts.
-marketers

Senor Weaselo

Listen, they’re trying to get Lin his Oscar to finish the EGOT, dammit. Bobby Lopez is getting all snooty with his double over at the arches. Triple, inevitably, after the next Frozen.

/Because all the other senior classes actually got to chill at the arches.

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blaxabbath

My wife just cleared the pantry. Pretty sure she just doesn’t want to look at dusty cans so will replace them each with a fresh one.

I’m not going to bring it up for confirmation though. I’ve learned being right doesn’t mean shit.

scotchnaut

I’ve learned being right doesn’t mean shit

Totally agree, but I plow ahead anyway most of the time because it makes things interesting.

Gumbygirl

I cleaned out the gross stuff from my fridge. Several science projects, and wayyyyy too many tubs of half-eaten dip. They always migrate to the back.

Doktor Zymm

I keep forgetting I have sour cream and then buying more sour cream

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Dusty Cans” sounds like the pet name that Jerry Jones gave to a peeler whose knockers he snorted cocaine off of.

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Doktor Zymm

I have a bottle of sweet chili sauce that’s at least 15 years old and is perfectly good. It does have a best by date on it though, and I’m at least a decade past. I suspect most traditional sauces, Asian or not, are basically flavored preservatives full of salt or sugar and therefore not likely to go bad or even taste awful.

My favorite show when I was 2 was Bowling for Dollars. My parents sent my name in and one week a really good bowler drew my name and that’s how my college fund started!

Gumbygirl

We tried to get on Bowling for Dollars in high school, the guy who rigged the PA lottery was the host, but they didn’t pick us. We were planning on misbehaving, so smart move!

ballsofsteelandfury

I don’t think it’s racist, but I could totally be wrong as I’m not Asian.

However, as a Mexican, I will say that expiration dates vary depending on the product. Milk? Throw that shit out the day before.

Alcohol? No such thing as an expiration date.

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Doktor Zymm

But what about milky alcohol? Pretty sure Bailey’s doesn’t expire but for some reason I keep it in the fridge anyway

ballsofsteelandfury

I keep it in the fridge too. Just in case…

blaxabbath

[DFO SC13NCE FA|R]] !!!!!!

BugEyedBoo

I looked this up the other day. It’ll be fit for consumption for up to two years after the date it was bottled. Open, closed, refrigerated, or not doesn’t matter. After that, smell it first. It can curdle.

Game Time Decision

Bailey’s goes bad. Found some at the back of the liquor cabinet that will was still liquid, wouldn’t pour out of the bottle. It was prob 5 years past the date on the bottle

Gumbygirl

Chunky!

Brick Meathook

Do you what never goes bad? Honey. I used to work with a guy who was a beekeeper at home, on his property in Palos Verdes and also up in Marin County. I’m pretty sure he inherited it all and was loaded.

Doktor Zymm

This is true. I don’t even know how old some of my honey is. It’ll crystalize, but nothing wrong with that

Brick Meathook

If it crystallizes you heat it up (don’t boil it) and you can add a little water. I also learned this from my bee guy. Additionally, I learned that grocery store honey has been heated to remove cloudiness, which is just for looks as the cloudiness has absolutely no effect on the quality. My bee guy was a fount of information.

ballsofsteelandfury

There is a guy at work that keeps bees. He gathered 170 pounds of honey and is selling it in tiny bottles for $10 a pop.

Yeah, he’s loaded too.